Woodhouse v Commissioner for Police [2022] NSWCATAD 41

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Woodhouse v Commissioner for Police [2022] NSWCATAD 41 Hearing dates: 21 December 2020; 5 April 2021 Date of orders: 08 February 2022 Decision date: 08 February 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW –Government Information – refusal to deal with application – whether substantial and unreasonable diversion of agency's resources Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Freedom of Information Act 1989 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Government Information (Public Access) Amendment Act 2018 Cases Cited: Cianfrano v Premier's Department [2006] NSWADT 137 Colefax v Department of Education and Communities (NSW) No 2 [2013] NSWADT 130 Commissioner of Police v Danis [2017] NSWCATAP 7 Hanna v NSW Ministry of Health [2019] NSWCATAD 21 Hickey v Secretary, Department of Education [2021] NSWCATAD 306 Loussikian v University of Sydney [2018] NSWCATAD 140 Ruyters v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 223 Sheehy v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force; Rapisarda v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force; McDonald v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force; Housego v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 349 Taylor v Destination NSW [2017] NSWCATAD 272 Zonnevylle v Department of Finance, Services and Innovation [2017] NSWCATAD 186 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Andrew Woodhouse (Applicant) Commissioner for Police (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: A Woodhouse (Applicant in person) Norton Rose Fulbright Australia (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00206698